Johann Sebastian Bach

Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903

c. 1717–1723

Total duration: 11' 30"

1. Fantasia
1. Fantasia (earliest version)
2. Fugue

The fantasia exists in three different versions: an early version (BWV^1,2,2a 903a; BWV³ 903.1), an intermediate version according to a copy by Johann Tobias Krebs (BWV³ 903.2), and the best-known, final version (BWV^1,2,2a 903; BWV³ 903.3).

Recommended editions

Neue Bach-Ausgabe (Bärenreiter) · V, 9/2 · BA 5092-01 · Sechs kleine Praeludien / Einzeln überlieferte Klavierwerke I · ed. Uwe Wolf [including both earlier versions of the fantasia]
Bärenreiter · BA 5232 · Einzeln überlieferte Klavierwerke I · ed. Uwe Wolf [including both earlier versions of the fantasia]
Henle · HN 219 · Fantasien, Präludien und Fugen · ed. Georg van Dadelsen/Klaus Rönnau [including the earliest version of the fantasia]
Henle · HN 220 · Fantasien, Präludien und Fugen · ed. Georg van Dadelsen/Klaus Rönnau [including the earliest version of the fantasia]
Henle · HN 1219 · Fantasien, Präludien und Fugen · ed. Georg van Dadelsen/Klaus Rönnau [including the earliest version of the fantasia]
Henle · HN 163 · ed. Georg van Dadelsen/Klaus Rönnau [including the earliest version of the fantasia]
Henle · HN 1163 · ed. Georg van Dadelsen/Klaus Rönnau [including the earliest version of the fantasia]
Wiener Urtext · UT 50161 · ed. Ulrich Leisinger [including both earlier versions of the fantasia]

1. Fantasia

Duration: 6' 30"

Difficulty: 3.5

Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903; 1. Fantasia

1. Fantasia (earliest version)

Duration: 6' 30"

Difficulty: 3.5

2. Fugue

Duration: 5'

Difficulty: 3.5

Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903; 2. Fugue